Browsing: Middle east

A $142 million financing package from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to catalyze Uzbekistan’s largest renewable energy and storage development to date — a 1 GW solar photovoltaic (PV) complex paired with 1,336 MWh of battery energy storage.

Oman’s state-owned green hydrogen company, Hydrom, has signed an agreement with Ankaa Space & Technologies LLC to oversee wind data collection, a step that signals the country’s growing focus on renewable energy as part of its broader energy transition strategy.

Saudi Arabia’s energy diversification strategy gained another regional dimension this week as the Saudi Arabian Refineries Company (SARCO) signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UAE-based GO Energy Company to jointly assess the development of a green hydrogen and ammonia project in the Kingdom.

Europe’s clean energy transition is increasingly looking south, as Morocco positions itself as a strategic partner for the Netherlands in renewable hydrogen supply.

Masdar and Etihad Rail have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore how the country’s expanding rail infrastructure can support large-scale transport of hydrogen and its derivatives, addressing one of the key logistical bottlenecks in developing a viable clean fuel market.

Morocco’s ambitions to become a global hydrogen hub took center stage this week at the World Power-to-X Summit in Marrakech, where government officials and industry leaders offered contrasting perspectives on how to accelerate the sector.

EMSTEEL Group, the UAE’s largest steel and building materials producer, has launched TrueGreen—a sustainability identity aimed at consolidating decades of emissions-reduction initiatives under a single framework.

When Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) announced in September 2025 that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russia’s Rosatom to cooperate on small modular reactors (SMRs), the development added a new dimension to the shifting geopolitics of nuclear energy.

Saudi Arabia’s drive to become a leading exporter of green ammonia advanced with a new agreement between Larsen & Toubro’s renewables business and ACWA Power for the Yanbu Green Ammonia Project.

Jordan has taken another step toward its ambition of becoming a regional hub for clean fuels, signing a memorandum of understanding with China’s UEG Green Hydrogen Development Holding Limited to explore a $1.155 billion green hydrogen project.